The precious metals all soared in 2025, and while a continued monetary expansion and geopolitical risk could still drive gains especially for gold in 2026, a pullback in silver, platinum and palladium is possible after recent partly speculative surges.Read More

The AOCE and WB have moderate overall forecasts for the metals in 2025 inline with IMF forecasts for a decline in economic growth and inflation, although we see the probability of a stagflationary scenario as still reasonably high.Read More

The past year was a difficult one overall for the metals, with the main standouts to the upside being a geopolitical risk-driven gain in gold, a China-driven rise in iron ore and a surge in uranium on broadening global support for nuclear power (Figure 1). A jump in global interest rates to near two-decade highs saw recession fears persist all year, and while one still did not actually eru...Read More

This year the post-global health crisis boom was brought to an end by a surge in inflation to forty-year highs, a major rise in global interest rates in an attempt to curb the rising prices and surging geopolitical risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While precious metals held up reasonably well as markets turned to them as a risk hedge, by Q2/22 the higher interest rates put an end t...Read More

Chile is the world leader in copper production, at 28.5% of the total in 2020, and this looks set to continue, with the country having the largest global reserves, at 23.0% of total. It is also the global leader for molybdenum, which is often found along with copper, and is a major lithium player, holding 51.1% of global reserves. Read More

Newfoundland has become a gold exploration hotspot over the past few years, with the sector seeing some of its strongest activity ever. While the province remains a small contributor to Canadian gold production, it has a substantial mineral industry well supported by the government, focused on iron ore, copper and nickel, and the surge in exploration suggests that gold output from the...Read More

Nevada is the core of the U.S. gold output, accounting for by far the majority, at 75.4% on average for the past year. The state looks set to remain a dominant player in U.S. gold, as it accounts for 49% of total U.S. reserves, with Alaska slightly ahead with 51% of reserves, but just 8.6% of current production. The U.S. accounts for 6.1% of global gold output, making Nevada one of the largest gol...Read More

The Golden Triangle in northwestern British Columbia has historically been a major site of Canadian gold production, beginning as early as the mid 1800s. There was a wave of production in the 1990s which cooled as the gold price declined, but larger scale production resumed in 2017, and the area has seen surging exploration interest over the past year, given that the region has some of the largest...Read More

In this report we outline the Quebec gold mining industry, including its major producers, and a survey of many of the junior miners focused on the province. Quebec accounts for 34% of Canadian gold production (second to Ontario, with 44%) and remains a major focus for both producers and junior miners.Read More

Red Lake has been one of the most prolific gold mining districts in Canada and the world, with exploration having started in the 1920s, and production, which began in the 1930s, continuing to the present day. The district is known for the high grade of its gold, its infrastructure, and strong institutional support, given the long history of mining in the area.Read More

All investments made by firms from authoritarian regimes should undergo the complete security review process stated in the Investment Canada Act (ICA), a parliamentary committee said in a new report that analyzed the acquisition of Neo Lithium, a Canadian-listed company, by China's Zijin Mining. While all foreign investments undergo a preliminary national security screening by Canadian authorit...Read More

Clean Air Metals (TSXV: AIR; OTC: CLRMF) has received new assays from drilling at the Escape platinum group-copper-nickel deposit, part of its flagship Thunder Bay North project. The property is located near Thunder Bay, Ont., about 60 km southeast of the Lac des Iles mine owned by Impala Platinum.The latest drill results from the Steepledge extension area are highlighted by hole ELR22-115, which...Read More

Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has upped its proven and probable sulphide reserves by 40% to 640.5 million tonnes grading 0.25% copper and 0.008% molybdenum. The increase allows the company to extend the life of the mine a further 23 years. During that time, the company anticipates producing 3 billion lb. copper and 53 million lb. molybdenum."Over the last two years there has been a...Read More

Mining was one of few industries that saw relatively little disruption at the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. And although miners endured commodity price volatility, they enjoyed low or stable costs in the early part of the pandemic (remember the first-time-ever negative oil price of April 2020, when West Texas Intermediate went down to -US$37.63 per barrel?). Lower input cos...Read More

The ongoing trend of mergers in the gold sector is expected to continue this year with companies like Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC), Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY; LSE: AUY), Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) and OceanaGold (TSX: OGC; ASX: OGC) "most likely" to participate in the latest round of consolidation, according to Scotiabank analysts. In a new report released this week, entitle...Read More

Sabina Gold & Silver (TSX: SBB; OTC: SGSVF) has completed a bought-deal offering with a syndicate of underwriters led by BMO Capital Markets for gross proceeds of $126.5 million. The company is owner of the Back River gold district in Nunavut hosting a total of six properties, including the advanced-stage Goose mine project.This round of financing saw Sabina issue approximately 81.6 million of its...Read More

Researchers at Cornell University found that a nitrogen-doped, carbon-coated nickel anode can catalyze an essential reaction in hydrogen fuel cells at a fraction of the cost of the precious metals currently used.In their view, the discovery could accelerate the widespread use of clean hydrogen fuel cells in vehicles and other applications.In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Nati...Read More

President Joseph Biden, March 26:"As a result of our unprecedented sanctions, the ruble was almost immediately reduced to rubble."Business Standard, March 29:The ruble has recouped most of its losses and become the top-performing currency globally... The ruble appreciated to 83 to the dollar intraday on Tuesday against a record low of 139 on March 7. Thanks to the recent rally, the ruble is only a...Read More

On a Thursday afternoon, I walked single file into a room with about a hundred other people. A TV was carted in - one of those big ol' cathode ray tubes with the faux wooden case.We watched history unfold. Not that we knew it.We were all seven years old, minus a handful of teachers. Here is what we saw: The fall of the Berlin Wall. The inevitable result - according to today's narrative - of a 40-...Read More

FPX Nickel CEO Martin Turenne joined Steve Darling from Proactive to share news the company has established a new subsidiary company, CO2 Lock to pursue oppo...Read full newsRead More

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Harvest sold 70,200 tonnes of its KP Fertil product in the first three months of 2022, from the Arapuá project in Brazil.Read More

Vale holds an 80% interest in Hu'u project owner Sumbawa Timur Mining with Indonesia's ANTAM owning 20% where it plans to deliver a pre-feasibility study in 2024 looking at a production scenarioRead More

West Africa an improved opportunitySPONSOREDWorld Copper has economics to back Escalones resource in ChileSPONSOREDworld copper ltd.Marvel Gold stepping up exploration after resource upgradeSPONSOREDmarvel goldAnglesey Mining sharpens focus on the Parys Mountain projectSPONSOREDanglesey mining Harvest sold 70,200 tonnes of its KP Fertil product in the first three months of 2022, from the Arapu&aac...Read More

Fernando said that while extreme measures have been proposed, such as the nationalisation of mining, Fitch expects such proposals to be moderated as the constitutional process advances.Read More

The mining claims around Iskut are not being purchased for development or their mineral potential.Read More

(IDEX Online) - The Richemont group and Pandora both announced today that they have quit the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) over its failure to take a strong enough stand against Russia.Richemont, the Swiss-based company that counts Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-leCoultre and Piaget among its 26 maisons, said: "If RJC cannot uphold highest of standards, then we cannot be part of tha...Read More

(IDEX Online) - A brazen gang of masked raiders used sledgehammers and crowbars to smash the window a jewelry store in Beverly Hills and fled with items valued at up to $5m.They struck in broad daylight on a busy street, in full view of drivers and pedestrians. The five men snatched what they could in a matter of seconds and fled on foot.  The heist was captured by shocked passers-by on...Read More

The royalty bill is currently in the Senate and has already been modified from its original state.Read More

Market analyst Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research has revised its 2022 zinc price forecast higher by more than 20% to US$3,500 per tonne.In a market commentary, Fitch argues that metal prices are being bolstered by the energy crisis stemming from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine that has led to many smelters halting or reducing zinc metal production.Zinc prices have rallied si...Read More